I went through the post. I am happy about it. It will open up doors of opportunity to all including me. Thank u. Let me focus

This is a really wonderful thing to do for someone who you **care** about. What a fantastic way to promote a *good person and quality content. *
I have not seen anything like this before and think its awesome!

*Looking forward to seeing the barrage of views and comments this guy is going to get! Hope it starts a snowball that will roll on to his future posts∞§∞*

I hope my comment was not too indecent. :) Greeting Montaquila

great contest

thank's for sharing

This is great and will be sure to spread the word! Thank you @cryptogee ----
 Hey check this out @christoryan @coinshocker @lovecoins @shayd @yoitsme @googlepay

Yeah @quillfire, for being  a poet is a pretty good guy LOL! You don't know this yet, but I am the one that turned him on to the awesome @cryptogee lol. Serious.  I knew he was a match for your AI articles! Anyway, you got to hand it to him,  his ***comments*** are bigger than many blog posts!! I am glad you guys like each other. I consider myself a matchmaker and always am referring people I meet to other people content I think they might like. Happy Monday @cryptogee!

I must say, you have started a great initiative. Resteemed to reach my followers.

![Hats off.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZKFp1bm5oYc4g866inYpt4tkyxmEUZGMBgfS2dLPyGFD/Hats%20off.jpg)

@cryptogee,

**_Geese!_**

1. Thanks *A Million,* Cryptogee.
2. Two pints of whatever you're drinking and High-Grade Synthetic for your *friend.*
3. **_A Damnedably Genius Idea._** Everyone wins. WHALES ...**_THIS_** ... is called **_Strategic Thinking._** Worthy of the Battle of Leuctra (future post).
4. I'm still waiting for your damned reply on:

https://steemit.com/artificialintellegence/@quillfire/ai-and-humans-if-it-s-broke-don-t-fix-it

Do you have any idea how hard it is to work *Bonobos* and *Janis Joplin* into a discussion of AI?

Thanks again, mate. I owe you and won't forget. GINAbot is dinging like a mad-woman so I better get cracking. So much for sleep.

Resteemed.

really great policy, this is very useful, I really like your post, I will wait for your next posting ..

I was worried about resteeming just anything but that was an awesome poem, and I am a harsh critic of poetry.

Wow, that is amazing that you can pick one person then completely change their day just like that .  I dream of becoming a whale someday and i will just go around sprinkling little upvotes to all my minnows

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Awesome innovation. I am proud that he is one of our members and also his pieces get included regularly in our curation :) He really does awesome with words and insights. :) I will encourage all of our members to participate. Thanks For This Great Opportunity You Provide for the Steemit Community. God Bless. Peace and Love.

I'v read some of @quillfire's  thought provoking write ups. And I must say he is truly an intelligent and seasoned poet. I am a fan of his works😊 It's good to know that here on steemit proper recognition is rewarded to unappreciated yet great minded steemians like him😊 More power to you and your future challenges! Keep inspiring all of us! Thank you for all the efforts! You deserve an upvote an a resteem!😊😁 Have a nice day ahead!

@moneyinfant has added your contest to the list [Steemit Writing Contests: Issue #32](https://steemit.com/contest/@moneyinfant/steemit-writing-contests-issue-32-february-26-2018). The list is updated on a daily basis and your contest will remain on the list until its expiration - there's nothing you need to do.

The list was created to save writers the excessive amount of time spent searching through the #contest tag for writing contests. Now they can just come to the list each day, see new contests and use their time doing what they love - writing.

If you'd like to help spread the word about the Steemit Writing Contest List I'd really appreciate a resteem, but it certainly isn't necessary. The project is simply meant to help writers save time and contest creators attract more contestants.

P.S. If you know of any contests I've missed I'd love to hear about them. Thanks!

Thank you @cryptogee for this . This is a great way of giving back to the steemit society. 
@quillfire you are good. I want to be like you.

This is great for making others to think worthy remarks, not just comment spam.
I like to read articles from people but very rarely comment, but this time i will give my comment ..
Hope we can exchange thoughts :)

The United States has a Constitution that protects its citizens from abuse in the criminal justice system. The right to a trial, to fair treatment by law enforcement are enshrined. Importantly, the Eighth Amendment also protects those convicted from cruel and unusual punishment.
In spite of all this, the American penal system is broken in many ways. Here are ten human rights crises that are happening right now, as a result of American justice.
1.Three Strikes Laws
Three Strikes laws became popular in the mid-90s, heralded as a way to be tough on crime. The idea was to remove repeat offenders of serious crimes from society. Three strikes laws mandate minimum punishments of usually 25 years for a third “serious” offence. 
Many examples of convictions under the law have caused them to be considered disproportionate, if not outright cruel. Stories include people given 25 to life for stealing a pair of socks, or some baby shoes. 2. High Recidivism
Recidivism, or reoffending, is a big issue in the United States. A study in 2006 by the bipartisan Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons found that 52% of former prisoners were re-convicted .
Prison is popularly seen as a means of punishment and isolation from the rest of society. Unfortunately when people get out of prison, they’re back in the same position that led them to commit a crime, but with even less chance of getting a job and resuming their life. After all, who wants to hire a felon? In recent years, programs focused on greater rehabilitation have proven a success in several states.
Internationally, the lowest recidivism rate can be found in Norway . There, the justice system is much more focused on preparing people to re-enter society as useful and productive individuals, rather than punishing them for their misdeeds. Whilst many might be uncomfortable with being “soft” on criminals, Norway’s murder rate is an eighth of that in the US. The choice to be made is between an extremely thorough punishment, or improvement to society as a whole – both don’t work together. 3.Lack of Compassionate Release in Federal Prisons
Prison is not set up to care for people with serious or terminal illness. Keeping people locked up after a stroke, or in the late stages of cancer, can cause suffering that may be considered inhumane or excessive. That is the reason for compassionate release, and it is very much in the spirit of the Eighth Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
Yet the compassionate release system in the US, particularly in federal prisons, is shockingly poor.   
 left . Worse, prisoners cannot challenge the BOP’s decisions in courts, and compassionate release is rarely granted. Many die while waiting for a decision to be made. 4.Placing Children in Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement is known to present the risk of mental illness, including depression, anxiety, and even psychosis.  
5.Prison Healthcare
Prisoners have significantly more risk of health problems than the general population. Infectious disease can spread in the confined environment of a jail. Addiction and mental illness are also obvious risks.
The right to healthcare in prison is protected by the Eighth Amendment, and it’s big business. 
Providing adequate healthcare to prisoners is not just important for them, but for the wider community. Proper care in prison reduces the burden on society when prisoners are released, and reduces the risk of disease being spread on the outside. Despite this, the number of prisoners with health complaints that don’t have access to medical care is high. Thousands of prisoners die in custody each year. Many of the deaths are preventable, caused by undiagnosed or untreated problems.
6.Sentencing Children to Life in Prison
The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children to life in prison without parole, sometimes as young as 11 years old . Often these sentences are automatic, and the circumstances of the child aren’t taken into account.  
7.Prison Rape
Prison rape is almost a cliché, and normalized in popular culture , but the statistics paint a pretty horrifying picture. Whether in prison or not, rape is rape and is about as horrific a crime as can be committed, short of murder. Estimates of the number of prisoners that have been sexually victimized by fellow inmates or staff put figures at as high as one in ten . In sheer numbers, that’s over 200,000 people that have been the victims of sexual assault in prison.
Men and women are both at risk of assault. Bisexual and gay inmates, male and female, are at highest risk of being raped. In thousands of cases, the perpetrator is a member of prison staff.  
8.Placing Children on Sex Offender Registers
The Human Rights Watch recently published
a report that highlights the problem of children being placed on sex-offender registers. The intention of such registers — to protect children from predatory pedophiles — is good. Unfortunately, the laws behind these have proved susceptible to misuse and ineffectiveness.
Some of the crimes described in the report for which children were forced to register.
9.The Death Penalty
The United States is one of only 21 countries to use the death penalty.

That's a cool contest! I have been interacting with @quillfire for a couple of weeks now, and have been leaving comments on several of his posts; so this should be one easy task ;)

What a fabulous idea for a contest; a selfless act encouraging commenting *and* bringing attention to a people who have not been noticed yet!  Love it ;)  I am happy to resteem this and I'm coming back here as @newbieresteemday to resteem as well.  I'm not sure if you've heard of us, but we started as a resteem initiative (pretty obvious I know:), but have morphed into a welcoming, educating, and mentoring community for new and not-so-new folks here.  This is a wonderful opportunity that should be shared:)

...and of course I'm going to have a look at @quillfire's post and enter :)

Thank you again!  Cheers :)

What a wonderful contest promoting commenting and community spirit!
###### Congratulations you have been resteemed as part of #newbieresteemday's top posts for the day! ... 

We invite you to use our tag to connect with more of our members. To learn more: [Come Join Us!!! (Newbie Resteem Initiative)](https://steemit.com/newbieresteemday/@davemccoy/its-here-its-launched-come-join-us-newbie-resteem-initiative

This is really awesome, commenting on others posts even if it doesn't get a reasonable upvote worth, it inspires the  to want to write more, this is something i also long for,, comments,, there was a time i would always comment at least 215 times everyday, but then my act was not reciprocated to me, but now reading this post has put in some ginger in me, i hope i will get back to socialising with others on the steemit blockchain..

I think it's amazing what your trying to do... So far on all my posts I see people just upvote  without commenting and as a poet or one that writes I hope to get better but if no one comments or criticizes my work how do I know if I'm getting better or if my work is any good at all... I'm no saint either in that I hardly comment either but now I think hey if you've read the work why don't you say what you really think....

This is so altruist of you! You're an awesome person @cryptogee!

*Brainstorming for an intelligent comment* 🤔

What a great way to support someone else in the community.  Brilliant!  May I borrow this contest idea back to my newbie community?

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Nice Post, I will upvote you!

 If you want more votes you <a href="https://steewit.com/steemiteducation/@goldendawne/upvote-exchange-on-steem-follower-lacking-categories-and-time-to-boot-it-up-here" > can read here</a> 

 about Upvote exchange and other things!

@cryptogee, I just want to say thank you for highlighting @quillfire and creating this post/contest. Because of this not only was I able to meet him and become familiar with his amazing poetry, but it has made me more aware of the comments that I was leaving on people's posts. During my conversation with @quillfire I was actually motivated to do more writing instead of just my normal posts about my photography, and in doing so, I was introduced into a whole new community on Steemit and invited into various Discord channels. I just want to thank you again for everything you are doing for the newcomers here to the platform to help us learn the ropes on how to make Steemit a better community.

Hey man! 

I just wanted to stop in and say thank you, because this is one of the coolest contests I've seen so far.. and we all know there's some good ones out there!

I'm a poet, story-teller and writer that just magically found his way to Steemit a month ago... 

*and oh MY am I glad to be here.*

Since arriving, I've been so inspired in many ways, and seeing the ways in which people like yourself are contributing in a big way to make sure this platform goes in the right direction is just one of them.

It was easy to see as soon as I got here that *'getting things going'* here on Steemit wasn't going to be an overnight thing. The importance of people like yourself giving others with less recognition the chance that they deserve to be seen and heard is extremely high if we want new contributors to be encouraged to continue to engage and write for this wonderful place we have here.

So I just wanted to say thank you, and to keep up the amazing work. I've only just discovered you today through @moneyinfant's contest collection post (thank you too by the way for that each week - absolutely priceless contribution!) - but I will be sure to be in touch with future contests and get involved.

I look forward to spending a lot more time here on Steemit and making many new friends. I really feel like it's the place to be on the internet right now!

With love
[Hart Floe Poet](http://www.hartfloe.com)
<3

This is great!

I'm heading over now

EDIT: I just discovered that the post was over 7 days old. I did leave a comment though